http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/ Engadget Mobile Comments for T-Mobile USA goes live with $50 unlimited voice plans in San Francisco http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/
but a very bad network]]>Feb 23rd 2009 6:59AMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/Feb 23rd 2009 8:36AMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/
Maybe you could say T-Mobile's network is/was bad in (insert city) during (insert year). You could say that for every carrier.]]>Feb 23rd 2009 11:06AMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/Feb 23rd 2009 4:02PMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/
And I'm really surprised to learn that you don't even have to renew your contract? Really? T-Mo, hurry up and make this offer available in Austin.]]>Feb 23rd 2009 8:57AMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/Feb 23rd 2009 9:23AMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/Feb 23rd 2009 9:31AMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/Feb 23rd 2009 10:38AMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/
Think before you speak. It makes you look even more stupid then if you didn't.]]>Feb 23rd 2009 1:48PMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/
NYC , DFW ppl dont get callas , Houston

down here it is a lil too sketchy.

you mite be in a market where it is awesome, last week no data services for half of the nation bevause of a bad judgement call by TMO ups to install the 3g services on their own :P]]>Feb 23rd 2009 1:52PMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/
Perhaps you're thinking of Sprint?]]>Feb 24th 2009 8:19AMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/Feb 23rd 2009 8:32PMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/
Other than that this is not a big deal. Although Metro Pcs sucks because it only works in Select Cities......its Still Unlimited EVERYTHING for the same exact price.

And if you want to be able to go anywhere like places where Metro PCS isnt offered, you can still get BOOST Mobiles unlimited everything plan for $50 as well.

Otherwise, You can piece together plans from Tmobile all you want to or from any other carrier, your still not gonna get unlimited Voice, Data, Messaging, etc from anyone else other than sprint. Even still you may get Unlimited Messaging and Data form other people but ur still gonna come up short in the Unlimited Voice part. Youll just get stuck with 600-900 minutes.

So Sprint theoretically gives you TWO options. Unlimited everything w/ a plan for $99 or unlimited Everything without a plan for $50]]>Feb 23rd 2009 3:00PMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/
So, at worst, we're probably taking about $80-90ish for a "Completely unlimited" plan from T-Mobile ($50+$20-25+$5-10), which is pretty good considering they're a proper, open, GSM/UMTS network and one of the most reliable mobile phone networks in the country.]]>Feb 23rd 2009 4:47PMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/
Yeah, it's only for existing customers but that doesn't bother me since I am already with T-Mobile.

And people saying that the network isn't strong simply don't have a clue. Let's not forget that T-Mobile has roaming agreements with AT&T. I travel all over the US for work, regularly hold conference calls that last over an hour from my cell and hardly ever have any issues. I definitely get fewer dropped calls with T-Mo than I did when I was with Sprint (although I switched nearly four years ago so I acknowledge that Sprint's network has likely improved since then.]]>Feb 24th 2009 12:46PMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/Feb 23rd 2009 3:28PMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/Feb 25th 2009 11:47PMhttp://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/http://engmobdev.weblogsinc.com/2009/02/23/t-mobile-usa-goes-live-with-50-unlimited-voice-plans-in-san-fra/
I have had cell service since 1990, with a variety of carriers, including AT&T, Southwest Bell, Cingular (yes, they were all separate then), Sprint and VoiceStream, that became T-Mobile. I have stayed with T-Mobile since 2002, because the customer service and coverage was better than any other I had ever tried, as was the price.

Many of my friends in the Dallas/Fort Worth area use other carriers, and have far more dropped calls than I do. I have had the regional 3000 minute plan, (TX, OK, AR and LA) since 2002, for $49. Couldn't beat that.... Until I started looking at Boost Mobile's $50 UNLIMITED plan. I seriously considered switching, since I would get free calls anywhere in the US (at least where the iden network was), as well as text and internet. I called T-Mobile customer service to tell them I was considering switching, and they changed my plan to the "Unlimited Loyalty" plan for the same $49 I have been paying since 2002, I now get coverage anywhere in the US, as well as free long distance to anywhere in the US. It doesn't include text or picture messaging, but I was using only $1.20 a month for that, so it didn't make sense to add 400 messages for $5.
I used to have the $5.99 TZones, an was able to use Opera Mini on my RAZR. I was also able to tether my laptop, but at pretty slow, dial-up speeds. In January, I had them remove the $5.99 TZones, and now can't get it back. I was told they now have 3G speeds for $9.99/month, but with a 50 MB limit. Going over that will cost 20 cents/ MB, but with a $15 cap. In order to take advantage of that, however, I need a new 3G capable phone, which MUST be T-Mobile branded due to the WCDMA frequency of 1700MHz. (AT&T phones use 1800MHz WCDMA).

I really like the idea of UNLIMITED EVERYTHING for $50, (and NO TAXES!!!) at Boost, but their phone selection is very limited, (ONLY Motorola iden "NexTel type phones), and their data speeds are so slow as to be unusable for tethering or even surfing on the phone. I went to a Sprint corporate service center store, (Boost is a division of Sprint), where they sell Boost, and neither the manager, sales people or service technicians could get the internet to work on any of the Boost phones they had in the store.

While I was writing this, I received a phone call from T-Mo, to tell me about the "Unlimited Loyalty" plan I had already switched to. I told the rep that I really missed my TZones, and he suggested I try the new 9.99 plan, and gave me a $10 credit to try it out. Now I'm waiting for it to become active on the system.

All in all, in my experience, (including many different carries of my own as well as work phones), I still think T-Mo is the best all-around deal, especially with the "Unlimited Loyalty'!
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